How Railways is Ensuring Filmmakers Get Shooting Permissions Easily
NDTV
Until now, filmmakers visited offices of Chief Public Relations Officers of Zonal Railways and Railway Board to submit applications for permissions
To ease filming in Railways, Film Facilitation Office (FFO) set up in National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) and Ministry of Railways have integrated to create a Single Window Filming Mechanism to make the permission for filming across Railways premises streamlined and efficient.
Railways have always been a part of the cinematic experience of India. Many films have beautifully captured the Indian Railways on celluloid.
The FFO has been set up with a view to ease filming in India and promote the country as a preferred destination for filmmakers from across the world. Its web portal is the single window facilitation and clearance mechanism for filming across India as well as the one-stop digital repository of information for filming in India, the Ministry of Railways said in a press release.
Until now, international and Indian filmmakers or their representatives visited offices of Chief Public Relations Officers of 17 Zonal Railways and Railway Board to submit applications for film shooting permissions in Railways. Now, after enabling the FFO web portal as a single window facilitator, filmmakers can submit online applications at various railway locations falling under the jurisdiction of even more than one zonal Railways in a centralised way.
